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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III answers questions during a press conference at the Senate in Pasay City on October 6, 2025. Sotto expresses confidence in the stability of the Senate and affirms that its leadership remains well in place, asserting that both the minority and majority blocs are intact. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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RG Cruz

Victoria Tulad

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1762838188561cropped-20251006-senate-president-tito-sotto-MT13.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III answers questions during a press conference at the Senate in Pasay City on October 6, 2025. Sotto expresses confidence in the stability of the Senate and affirms that its leadership remains well in place, asserting that both the minority and majority blocs are intact. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA (UPDATED) — Senate President Vicente Sotto III admitted Tuesday that he has heard of talks of another leadership change in the chamber, but he&#x27;s confident he&#x27;s keeping the helm of the Senate.</div>&quot;We hear it every now and then. It&#x27;s a common... It&#x27;s a common kwento.&quot;Sotto said there were some stories over the weekend about people allegedly pushing for leadership change.&quot;One or two stories na meron daw lumalakad, kumakausap. Ganoon lang. &quot;The Senate President reiterated that he would rather leave the matter to his colleagues.&quot;Ako naman, I leave it to our peers. The Senate President is always, or the Senate President should always leave it to the wisdom and the trust and confidence of his colleagues.&quot;Sotto is confident he won&#x27;t be unseated because his sources say as much.Sotto is calling a caucus of the majority to prepare for the budget deliberations this week as he reiterates that all amendments must be openly discussed and no insertions will be allowed.Sotto began his second stint as Senate President just last September 8.<div> </div><div>&#x27;WALA NAMANG ATTEMPT&#x27;</div>Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano denied any coup attempt against Sotto, noting that such rumors usually come up whenever Congress goes on break.The Senate resumed on November 11.&quot;Usually, &#x27;pag maingay yan, wala yan. Usually,&quot; Cayetano said. &quot;Wala namang attempt. People always talk about it. Everyone in the minority wants to be in the majority, di ba? Everyone thinks they can do a better job. But ako, focused ako na may job ang minority ngayon. And I think our biggest job now is to give better ideas for the budget,&quot; he added.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III admitted Tuesday that he has heard of talks of another leadership change in the chamber.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III admitted Tuesday that he has heard of talks of another leadership change in the chamber.

'Meron daw lumalakad': Sotto admits hearing fresh coup talks over the weekend

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'Meron daw lumalakad': Sotto admits hearing fresh coup talks over the weekend

RG Cruz,

Victoria Tulad,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 11, 2025 01:21 PM PHT

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Updated November 11, 2025 05:37 PM PHT

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